lyrics - J
lyrics - J
He used to walk with Jessica
Down to the diner
They'd sit and talk for hours
About nothin' in particular
Just bullshit the time away
That's what she used to say
She'd wrinkle her nose when she said it
That's how you know she meant it
Jessica
Jessica
She'd call him at nine a.m.
To see how sleep had been treatin' him
And though they were never lovers
They were soulmates under cover
They'd drink beer and sit around
Or just sit still and not make a sound
And he would shudder to think
Of what life would be like
Without his best friend -slash- shrink
Jessica
She's an angel at his table
Forced to feel but not to see
Blinded by her absence
Haunted by her memory
If only you were able to see the angel at your table
He got a phone call
From her mother
He said, "Yeah, right stop kidding around."
He felt his heart fall to the ground
Since then everyday
Seems to feel like winter
Everything is colorless
As he can't see it with her
Jessica
Jessica
He could easily have been with her
Driving home in the car
It was her birthday
It's sick how things work out that way
Now at night when he sleeps
A watch over him she keeps
She whispers in his ear
For his heart to hear
Jessica
Jessica
It's amazing how a soul can leave
Suddenly from a body
Rendering it useless
And stealing its desire to breathe
One moment here then gone
With no forwarding address
Love no longer has a house
Residence in flesh
Religion without a temple
No place to take your worship to
No God for the eyes to see
No fruit to lay at the feet
Of Jessica
Jessica
If only you were able to see
The angel at your table
Then you'd understand why
You never got to say goodbye
To Jessica
There's no such word as goodbye
For Jessica
She's always standing by
Jessica
Venus de Milo in her half-baked shell
Understood the nature of love very well
She said, "A good love is delicious, you can’t get enough too soon. It makes you so crazy you want to swallow the moon."
Oh, oh Jupiter
Oh, oh be still my little heart
Oh, oh love is a flame neither timid nor tame
Take these stars from my crown
Let the years fall down
Lay me out in firelight
Let my skin feel the night
Fasten me to your side
Say it will be soon
You make me so crazy, baby
Could swallow the moon
My hands are two travelers they’ve crossed oceans and lands
Yet they are too small on the continent of your skin
Wandering, wandering I could spend my life
Traveling the length of your body each night
Oh, oh Jupiter
Oh, oh be still my little heart
Oh, oh love is a flame neither timid nor tame
Take these stars from my crown
Let the years fall down
Lay me out in firelight
Let my skin feel the night
Fasten me to your side
And say it will be soon
You make me so crazy, baby
Could swallow the moon
Swallow the moon
Oh, oh Jupiter
Oh, oh be still my little heart
Oh, oh love is a flame neither timid nor tame
Take these stars from my crown
Let the years fall down
Lay me out in firelight
Let my skin feel the night
Fasten me to your side
And say it will be soon
You make me so crazy, baby
Could swallow the moon
Swallow the moon
Swallow the moon
Swallow the moon
I like the way that you come
Running up to me
It sort of reminds me of
Black and white movies
And I will put a white dress on
And by the window wait
For my Marlin Brando to come
Crashing through the gate
Sometimes I talk on the phone
Until my ears are numb
My friends all say it's because
I can't face anyone
I know I'm just passing time
I'm just passing time
I saw you walking downtown
To the video store
Saw you with another girl
I'm sure she was a whore
You say she means nothing to you
Thus nothing to me
Excuse me while I get drunk
On too much bad T.V.
Sitting here and I'm waiting
For your mouth to open up
And start overflowing
Like Jesus' cup
And I'm just passing time
I'm just passing time
Just so happens that I’m tired of your face
Just so happens that I’m tired of this place
Just so happens that I can not endure
The pain and the suffering that’s caused when I touch you anymore
Just so happens that I’m tired of this song
'Cuz everything I ever tried to do just came out wrong
And every honest thing I ever tried to do
Was turned to pain and misery when laid before the godly feet of you
There’s no words left to say
'Cuz all the words between us have already gone away
It just so happens that my flesh is turning pale
And pieces of me are disappearing as though my hands were whales
And it just so happens beauty, you could never recognize
And I simply faded away, before your eyes
Just so happens that these last two years
Been a completely meaningless waste of my tears
And if I had a toothpick for every vow you made
I’d build a boat of your promises, and I’d sail away
There’s no words left to say
'Cuz all the words between us have already gone away
Just so happens it’d take a swift kick to the heart
To make you take back everything that you said
Just so happens that we stuck around too long
We should have abandoned ship, rather than go down with it, now it’s gone
Just so happens that I hate your mother-in-law
And I hate your dog, Henry, I’d like to fondle him with a saw
Just so happens that I’m walking out the door
And P.S., and by the way, I don’t love you anymore
There’s no words left to say
'Cuz all the words between us have already gone,
They’ve already gone
They’ve already gone away
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